Explain How the U

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Essay

Explain how the U.S. poverty line is calculated and describe the criticisms of this calculation.

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Definitions:

Associative Property

A mathematical rule stating that the way in which numbers are grouped in addition or multiplication does not change their sum or product.

Terms

Components of an expression or equation, separated by plus or minus signs, representing quantities or variables.

Distributive Property

A fundamental property of algebra stating that a(b + c) = ab + ac, allowing the distribution of multiplication over addition or subtraction.